Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment 2019-2020 Common Data Set (CDS)
Prepared by Lynn University Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. GENERAL INFORMATION…2 G. ANNUAL EXPENSES…33 B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE…5 H. FINANCIAL AID…35 C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION…10 I. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE…44 D. TRANSFER ADMISSION…21 J. DEGREES CONFERRED…46 E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES…24 K. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS…47 F. STUDENT LIFE…28 L. COMMON DATA SET (CDS) DEFINITIONS…48
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For Ease of Navigation, click A0. Respondent Information (Not for Publication) on any Section Header or Name: Nicole A Ferguson Page Number to return to Title: Research Analyst the Table of Contents section. Department: Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country: 3601 N Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Phone: (561)237-7897 Fax: (561)237-7537 E-mail Address: [email protected] Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution’s Web site? Yes No ☐ If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page: https://www.lynn.edu/higher-education-opportunity-act
A1. Address Information Name of College or University: Lynn University Mailing Address, City/State/Zip: 3601 N MILITARY TRAIL, BOCA RATON, FL 33431 Main Phone Number: (561)237-7000 WWW Home Page Address: www.lynn.edu Admissions Phone Number: (561)237-7900 Admissions Toll-free Number: (800)994-5366 Admissions Office Mailing Address: 3601 N MILITARY TRAIL, BOCA RATON, FL 33431 Admissions Fax Number: (561)237-7100 Admissions E-mail Address: [email protected] If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify: https://www.lynn.edu/admissions/applying-to-lynn If there is a separate URL for your school’s online inquiry or request information form, please specify: https://www.lynn.edu/request-info If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide: 3601 N MILITARY TRAIL LYNN UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS, BOCA RATON, FL 33431
A1.1. College nickname (e.g. UF, Penn State, Pitt): LU A1.2. College team name (e.g. Florida Gators, Bulldogs, Panthers): Fighting Knights A1.3. If your institution has a student newspaper, what is its name? iPulse If the publication has a URL, please supply it here: https://www.lynnipulse.org A1.4. Indicate the social media sites your institution has an official presence on by completing the URLs below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LynnUniversity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnuniversity Tumblr: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/LynnUniversity YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LynnUni Other: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/lynn-university/
2 A2. Source of institutional control (check one only) Public ☐ Private (nonprofit) Proprietary ☐ A2.1 Number of years of undergraduate study (check one only) One year ☐ Two years (lower division, junior, community college) ☐ Two years (upper division) ☐ Three years ☐ Four years Five years ☐ Graduate ☐ First Professional ☐ A3. Classify your undergraduate institution: Coeducational college Men’s college ☐ Women’s college ☐ A3.1. Check the one response that best describes the location of your institution: Very Large city (over 500,000) ☐ Large city (250,000-499,999) ☐ Small city (50,000-249,999) Large town (10,000-49,999) ☐ Small town (2,500-9,999) ☐ Rural Community (under 2,500) ☐ A3.2. Place your institution geographically; give mileage from nearest large city or town. APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES NORTH OF FORT LAUDERDALE. APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTH OF WEST PALM BEACH.
A3.3. Campus environment: Urban ☐ Suburban Rural ☐ A4. Academic year calendar Semester 4-1-4 ☐ Quarter Continuous ☐ ☐ Trimester Differs by program (describe): ☐ ☐ Other ☐
A4.2. Summer offerings Extensive undergraduate courses available ☐ Limited undergraduate courses available
3 A4.3. Extended class availability Extensive evening or early morning classes at the undergraduate level (evenings after 6:00 PM) ☐ Saturday classes available at the undergraduate level ☐ A5. Degrees offered by your institution Certificate Post bachelor’s certificate ☐ Diploma Master’s ☐ Associate Post-master’s certificate ☐ Transfer Doctoral degree research/scholarship ☐ ☐ Terminal Doctoral degree – professional practice ☐ ☐ Bachelor’s Doctoral degree -- other
A6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? Based on your responses in previous sections of the survey, this question does not need to be answered by our institution. A7. For degrees formerly known as "first professional" degrees, see the checklist (L1) that precedes the List of Majors (L2), which is found at the end of the survey. A8. Religious affiliation, if any: _____ Religious affiliation, if different from above: ______A9. Check the responses that best describe your institution; choose no more than two. Agricultural College Culinary School ☐ ☐ Bible College Junior College ☐ ☐ Branch Campus Liberal Arts College/College of Arts and Sciences ☐ ☐ Career College Maritime College ☐ ☐ College of Business Military College ☐ ☐ College of Engineering Rabbinical College ☐ ☐ College of Health Sciences School of Mortuary Science ☐ ☐ College of Music Seminary College ☐ ☐ College of Nursing Teachers College/College of Education ☐ ☐ College of Performing Arts Technical College ☐ ☐ College of Pharmacy University ☐ College of Visual Arts Virtual (no physical campus) ☐ ☐ Community College ☐
Free response: ______
A10. List any unique facilities available to undergraduate students at your institution (e.g., college-operated museums, observatories, accelerators, nature preserves or other unusual facilities). FLIGHT SIMULATOR, CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, STADIUM, INTRAMURAL FIELDS, SANCTUARY. A11. Provide additional information about general characteristics of your institution not covered elsewhere. ______
4 B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE
B1. Institutional Enrollment—Men and Women
Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2019. Note: Report students formerly designated as “first professional” in the graduate cells. *Gender Not Specified
FULL-TIME PART-TIME Institutional Enrollment FULL-TIME PART-TIME Men Women Men Women
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 337 338 9 5 725 14
Other first-year, degree-seeking 151 120 11 4 271 15
All other degree-seeking 601 621 88 66 1,222 154
Total degree-seeking 1,089 1,129 108 75 2,218 183
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 0 0 8 13 0 21
Total undergraduates 1,089 1,129 116 88 2,218 204
Graduates
Degree-seeking, first-time 67 138 42 57 205 99
All other degree-seeking 83 127 118 165 210 286
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 0 0 17 8 0 25
Total graduate 150 265 711 233 412 410
Total all undergraduates: 2,422
Total FT undergraduate degree-seeking: 2,218
Total of all undergraduate degree-seeking: 2,401
Total all graduate students: 825
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 3,247
5 2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2019. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the “Total Undergraduates” column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns. Report as your institution reports to IPEDS: persons who are Hispanic should be reported only on the Hispanic line, not under any race, and persons who are non-Hispanic multi-racial should be reported only under "Two or more races."
Degree-Seeking Total Degree-Seeking, Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Undergraduates Undergraduates (both First-time First Category (includes Full-Time First degree- and non-degree year Year) seeking) Nonresident aliens 95 394 394
Hispanic/Latino 171 444 445
Black or African American, non- 70 248 248 Hispanic White, non-Hispanic 347 1,100 1,102
American Indian or Alaska 7 10 10 Native, non-Hispanic
Asian, non-Hispanic 11 33 33
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific 2 5 5 Islander, non-Hispanic Two or more races, non- 30 52 52 Hispanic Race and/or ethnicity unknown 6 115 133 Total 739 2,401 2,422
B2.1. Nonresident alien graduate enrollment: 173 B2.2. Based on your responses in previous sections of the survey, this question does not need to be answered by our institution. B2.3. Based on your responses in previous sections of the survey, this question does not need to be answered by our institution.
Persistence B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018.
Certificate/diploma Degrees Certificate/diploma 0 Associate degrees 9 Bachelor’s degrees 446 Post bachelor’s certificates 1 Master’s degrees 366 Post-master’s certificates 12 Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship 0 Doctoral degrees – professional practice 0 Doctoral degrees – other 17
6 Graduation Rates The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System’s Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2019 Web-based survey. For Bachelor’s or Equivalent Programs Please provide data for the Fall 2013 cohort if available. If Fall 2013 cohort data are not available, provide data for the Fall 2012 cohort. Fall 2013 Cohort Recipients B11. Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or Recipients Recipients Total of equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in of a Federal of OTHER (sum of 3 Subsidized Fall 2013. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution Pell Grant Grants/ columns to Stafford during the summer term preceding Fall 2013. ONLY Loans the left) Loan ONLY A. Initial 2013 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) 95 50 306 451 degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students B. Of the initial 2013 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or 0 0 0 0 service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions C. Final 2013 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions 95 50 306 451 (Subtract line B from line A) D. Of the initial 2013 cohort, how many completed the program in 44 25 163 232 four years or less (by August 31, 2017) E. Of the initial 2013 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2017 0 0 0 0 and by August 31, 2018) F. Of the initial 2013 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2018 0 0 0 0 and by August 31, 2019) G. Total graduating within six years (sum of lines D,E, and F) 44 25 163 232 H. Six-year graduation rate for 2013 cohort (line G divided by C) 46% 50% 53% 51% Fall 2012 Cohort B11. Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or Recipients Recipients of Recipients of Total equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in of a Federal Subsidized OTHER (sum of 3 Fall 2012. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution Pell Grant Stafford Grants/ columns to during the summer term preceding Fall 2012. ONLY Loan ONLY Loans the left) A. Initial 2012 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) 78 53 282 413 degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students B. Of the initial 2012 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or 0 0 0 0 service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions C. Final 2012 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions 78 53 282 413 (Subtract line B from line A) D. Of the initial 2012 cohort, how many completed the program in 40 26 160 226 four years or less (by August 31, 2016) E. Of the initial 2012 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2016 0 0 0 0 and by August 31, 2017) F. Of the initial 2012 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2017 0 0 0 0 and by August 31, 2018) G. Total graduating within six years (sum of lines D,E, and F) 40 26 160 226
H. Six-year graduation rate for 2012 cohort (line G divided by C) 51% 49% 57% 55%
7 For the following questions, please use the same methodology and exclusions used in calculating B11 to calculate the six-year graduation rate for Federal Pell Grant recipients in the 2013 cohort. If not available, provide data for the Fall 2012 cohort. CDS B11.1. Six-year graduation rate for recipients of a Federal Pell Grant in the 2013 cohort: 46% Six-year graduation rate for recipients of a Federal Pell Grant in the 2012 cohort: 51% CDS B12. Six-year graduation rate for recipients of a subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant in the 2013 cohort: 50% Six-year graduation rate for recipients of a subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant in the 2012 cohort: 49% CDS B13. Six-year graduation rate for students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan in the 2013 cohort: 53% Six-year graduation rate for students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan in the 2012 cohort: 57%
2015 Cohort
B12. Initial 2015 cohort, total of first time, full-time degree-/certificate seeking students: 1,867 B13. Of the initial 2015 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: 1 B14. Final 2015 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions (Subtract question B13 from question B12): 1,866 B15. Completers of programs of less than two years’ duration (total): 365 B16. Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time: 532 B17. Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total): 354 B18. Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years within 150 percent of normal time: 256 B19. Total transfers out (within three years) to other institutions: 0 B20. Total transfers to two-year institutions: ______B21. Total transfers to four-year institutions: ______
Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in Fall 2018 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.
B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in Fall 2018 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in Fall 2019? 71%
B24. What percentage of freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2018 completed the academic year in good standing? ("Good standing" is defined by individual institutions according to their own standards.) 72%
8 B26. What percentage of graduates of 2-year transfer programs typically enter 4-year programs? ______B28. Percentage of graduates of 4-year programs who typically continue their education within one year of receiving their bachelor’s degrees. ___ Percent who enter law school ___ Percent who enter medical school ___ Percent who enter MBA Programs ___ Percent who enter other graduate programs ___ Percent who enter graduate programs (total)
9 C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION
Director of Admission Name: Stefano Papaleo Title: Director of Undergraduate Admission Phone: (561)237-7900 E-mail Address: [email protected]
Applications
C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2019. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men applied 2,925 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women applied 4,652 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women applied 7,577
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men admitted 2,009 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women admitted 3,329 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women admitted 5,338
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled 337 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled 9
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled 388 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled 5
Total (full-time & part-time) first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women 739 enrolled
C2. Freshman wait-listed students (Students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability) Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? Yes No ☐ If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2019 admissions: Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 20 Number accepting a place on the waiting list 19 Number of wait-listed students admitted 7
Is your waiting list ranked? No If yes, do you release that information to students? No Do you release that information to school counselors? No
10 Admission Requirements
C3. High school completion requirement Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students: High school diploma is required and GED is accepted High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted ☐ High school diploma or equivalent is not required ☐ C3.1. Indicate any special admission requirements for home-schooled applicants that are in addition to those required of all applicants: Statement describing home school structure and mission ☐ Transcript/record of courses and grades ☐ State high school equivalency certificates ☐ Interview ☐ Letter of recommendation from person other than parent ☐ If you have other requirements or policies for home-schooled applicants, please describe here: For Homeschooled students, providing your standardized test scores is required.
C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students? Require ☐ Recommend Neither require nor recommend ☐
C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.
Units Required Units Recommended Total academic units 16 English 4 Mathematics 4 Science 4 Of these, units that must be lab Foreign language Social studies 2 History 2 Academic electives Computer Science Visual/Performing Arts Mathematics must include Algebra I, Algebra II, and either Geometry, Other (specify) Trigonometry, Calculus, or Analysis. Science must include Biology and a Physical Science.
11 Basis for Selection
C6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? If so, check which applies: Open admission policy as described above for all students ☐ Open admission policy as described above for most students, but selective admission
for out-of-state students ☐ Other (explain): ______
C6.1. Please use the following lines to write a brief statement about how your admission decisions are reached. If your institution has an open admission policy but has specific admission criteria for certain groups of students or for certain programs, explain those qualifications here. School achievement record, high school counselor's recommendation, test scores important; class-rank, school and community activities considered. Special consideration given to foreign and minority applicants. C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions. Very Important Important Considered Not Considered Academic Rigor of secondary school record ☐ ☐ ☐ Class rank ☐ ☐ ☐ Academic GPA ☐ ☐ ☐ Recommendation ☐ ☐ ☐ Standardized test scores ☐ ☐ ☐ Application Essay ☐ ☐ ☐ Nonacademic Interview ☐ ☐ ☐ Extracurricular activities ☐ ☐ ☐ Talent/ability ☐ ☐ ☐ Character/personal qualities ☐ ☐ ☐ First generation ☐ ☐ ☐ Alumni/ae relation ☐ ☐ ☐ Geographical residence ☐ ☐ ☐ State residency ☐ ☐ ☐ Religious affiliation/commitment ☐ ☐ ☐ Racial/ethnic status ☐ ☐ ☐ Volunteer work ☐ ☐ ☐ Work experience ☐ ☐ ☐ Level of applicant’s interest ☐ ☐ ☐
C7.1. Indicate your admission policies on interviews, auditions, portfolios and essays: Interviews required ☐ Essay or personal statement required Other: Interviews are only required for students applying to the Social Entrepreneurship major. Conservatory of Music and Drama applicants must audition for their respective programs. C7.2. Describe any special admission requirements or procedures for students with learning disabilities: Submit psychological testing in addition to other admission documents.
12 SAT and ACT Policies C8. Entrance exams A. Does your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree- seeking applicants? Yes No ☐ If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission for Fall 2020: Considered If Required Recommended Required for Some Not Used Submitted SAT or ACT ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ACT only ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ SAT only ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ SAT and SAT Subject
Tests or ACT ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ SAT Subject Tests ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2021 please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process): ACT with Writing component required ☐ ACT with Writing component recommended ☐ ACT with or without Writing component accepted If your institution will make use of the SAT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2021 please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the Essay score will be used in the admissions process): SAT with Essay component required ☐ SAT with Essay component recommended ☐ SAT with or without Essay component accepted C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay component; check all that apply. SAT ACT
essay essay For admission ☐ ☐ For placement ☐ ☐ For advising ☐ ☐ In place of an application essay ☐ ☐ As a validity check on the application essay ☐ ☐ No college policy as of now ☐ ☐ Not using essay component
D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising? Yes No ☐ E. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: 08/01 Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission: N/A F. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students): First-year students may apply without SAT or ACT scores. If you choose to apply test optional, your application will be evaluated holistically with consideration given to various factors including your high school grade point average, strength of curriculum, progression of courses taken, letters of recommendation, and through an interview process if deemed necessary. If you're a first-year student and you're home-schooled, then you are required to submit standardized test scores.
13 G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests): SAT ☐ ACT ☐ SAT Subject Tests ☐ AP ☐ CLEP ☐ Institutional Exam ☐ State Exam (specify): ______☐
C8.3. If necessary, explain or provide additional information about your admissions policies: ______
C8.4. SAT Score-Use Practice. In order to help students make an informed choice about the scores they send, the College Board collects SAT score-use practices from every college, university or scholarship program that chooses to provide us with the requested information. Please indicate how your institution uses SAT scores for the admissions process by selecting one from the list of practices below. Each SAT Score-Use Practice is followed by its Student-Focused Description. Because the essay score policies are reported separately, base your score use practice on the two sections (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, and Math).
Please note: If your institution already has a practice on file with the College Board, it will be displayed below. You can either keep or change your score-use practice.
Highest Section Scores Across Test Dates Version 1 (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, Math) Lynn University has indicated that it considers your highest section scores across all SAT test dates that you ☐ submit. Feel free to send any additional scores that you want to make available to Lynn University. Highest Section Scores Across Test Dates Version 2 (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, Math) Lynn University has indicated that it considers your highest section scores across all SAT test dates that you submit. Only your highest section scores will be considered as part of the final admissions decision. Each time you submit scores, Lynn University will update your record with any new high scores. Lynn University strongly encourages you to submit your scores each time you take the SAT. Sending your scores each time you take the SAT can benefit you by allowing Lynn University to consider you for all available enrollment opportunities. Single Highest Test Date Version 1 (Sum of Evidence-Based Reading and Writing + Math) Lynn University has indicated that it considers the SAT scores from you single highest test date (the sum of
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing + Math). Feel free to send any additional scores that you want to make ☐ available to Lynn University. Single Highest Test Date Version 2 (Sum of Evidence-Based Reading and Writing + Math) Lynn University has indicated that it considers the SAT scores from your single highest test date (the sum of Evidence-Based Reading and Writing + Math). Only your highest scores will be considered as part of the final admissions decision. Each time you submit scores, Lynn University will update your record with any new high ☐ scores. Lynn University strongly encourages you to submit your scores each time you take the SAT. Sending your scores each time you take the SAT can benefit you by allowing Lynn University to consider you for all available enrollment-related opportunities. All SAT Scores Required for Review Lynn University has indicated that it considers all SAT scores in its review process and requires that you submit all ☐ SAT scores from all test dates. Contact Institution for Information Please contact Lynn University for information about its use of SAT scores. If your institution has provided a URL for its web site, the Student-Focused Description will read: “For information ☐ about Lynn University 's use of SAT scores, please visit Lynn University's web site at lynn.edu, which is owned by Lynn University. If you encounter any problems, please contact Lynn University directly.”
14 Freshman Profile Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2019, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements. C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2019 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa. Do convert Old SAT scores to New SAT scores using the College Board's concordance.
The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above. Percent submitting SAT scores 29 % Number submitting SAT scores 211 Percent submitting ACT scores 11 % Number submitting ACT scores 81
25th 75th Average
Percentile Percentile Score SAT Composite 932 1,029 1,085 SAT Evidence-Based Reading & 462 516 548 Writing SAT Math 428 494 529 ACT Composite 19 21 23 ACT Math 17 19 21 ACT English 18 21 23 Act Reading - - - ACT Science - - - ACT Writing 5 6 7
Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range: SAT Evidence-Based SAT Range SAT Math Range Reading & Writing Composite 700-800 2.5% 3.8% 1400-1600 1.9% 600-699 20.3% 13.9% 1200-1399 13.7% 500-599 56.3% 50.6% 1000-1199 59.7% 400-499 20.9% 29.2% 800-999 24.7% 300-399 0% 2.5% 600-799 0% 200-299 0% 0% 400-599 0% TOTAL 100% 100% TOTAL 100%
ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT Range Composite English Math Reading Science 30-36 3.1% 13.9% 1.3% 0% 0% 24-29 36.5% 29.2% 36.0% 0% 0% 18-23 54.1% 48.6% 42.7% 0% 0% 12-17 6.3% 8.3% 20.0% 0% 0% 6-11 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Below 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 6 TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 0% 0%
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C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).
Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class ______% Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class ______% Percent in top half of high school graduating class ______% Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class ______% Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class ______% Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank ______%
C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale). Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA. Percent who had GPA of 4 and higher 8.3% Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99 8.1% 15.0 Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 % 15.1 Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 % 17.7 Percent who had GPA between 3 and 3.24 % 24.6 Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 % Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 9.9% Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 1.3% Percent who had GPA below 1.0 0.0% TOTAL 100%
C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.2 Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 95.7%
Admission Policies C13. Application fee Yes No Does your institution have an application fee? ☐ Amount of application fee: $______Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? ☐ ☐ If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line: Same fee: Free: ☐ Reduced: ☐ Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes No ☐ C13.1. If the fee is different for out-of-state applications, please indicate the fee here: $ ____ C13.2. Indicate alternative formats in which your institution’s application in available: Online through college’s own website Common Application Universal Application ☐ Coalition Application ☐ Other ☐
If your institution’s application can be accessed online, indicate policy for submission of the application Online submission accepted ☐ Online submission required Paper application required ☐
C14. Application closing date Does your institution have an application closing date? Yes No ☐ Application closing date (fall): 08/01 Priority date: 03/01
C14.1. Application closing date (if any) is: receipt date postmark date ☐
C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? Yes No ☐
C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only) On a rolling basis Yes No ☐ On a rolling basis beginning (date): 09/01 By (date): ______Other: ______
C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only) Must reply by (date): 05/01 No set date Yes No ☐ ☐ Must reply by May 1 (CRDA) or within 2 weeks if notified thereafter Other: ______Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): 05/01 Amount of housing deposit: ______Refundable if student does not enroll? Yes, in full ☐ Yes, in part No ☐
C17.1. Check here if your institution observes the terms of the Candidates Reply Date Agreement (CRDA). Yes No ☐
C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? Yes No If yes, maximum period of postponement: 1 year ☐
C19. Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation? Yes No ☐
C20. If necessary, explain or qualify your fall term application procedures: ___ _
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Early Decision and Early Action Plans
C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment? Yes No ☐
If “yes,” please complete the following: Early decision closing date ___ Early decision notification date ___
Early action applications for Fall 2019 Number of early decision applications received by your institution: Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan Number of applicants enrolled under early decision plan
C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college? Yes No ☐
If “yes,” please complete the following: Early action closing date 11/15 Early action notification date 12/15
Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans? Yes No ☐
C22.1. Early action applications for Fall 2019
Number of early action applications received by your institution: 2,415
Number of applicants admitted under early action plan 1,538
Number of applicants enrolled under early action plan 253
18 International Admission
C23. International Admission Policies
Name: Stefano Papaleo Title: Director of Undergraduate Admission Phone: (561)237-7900 Fax: (561)237-7100 E-mail Address: [email protected]
C24. Do you want your institution listed in the College Board's International Student Handbook? There is no charge for this listing. Yes No ☐ C24.0 Does your institution enroll international students? Yes No ☐ C25. SAT/ACT policies for undergraduate international students: Required for Considered If Required Recommended Not Used Some Submitted SAT or ACT ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ACT only ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ SAT only ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ SAT and SAT Subject Tests
or ACT ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ SAT Subject Tests ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
C26. Is an English proficiency test (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS) generally required of international (nonresident alien) applicants? Yes No ☐ C27. What is the minimum score you require for unconditional admission? _71 TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) (Range 0-120) 6 IELTS (Range 0-9)
What is the average score of accepted applicants? 89 Internet-based Test (iBT) (Range 0-120) _7 IELTS (Range 0-9) C27.1. Are applicants able to demonstrate English proficiency in other ways? Yes No ☐ ☐ C27.2. Are applicants who have completed their secondary education in certain countries exempted? Yes No ☐ ☐ C28. Is conditional academic admission offered to applicants whose English skills will not permit them to pursue academic course work in their first term? Conditional admission based on English language proficiency. ☐ C29. Application fee for undergraduate international students: $45 C30. Fall 2021 application closing date for undergraduate international students: 08/01 Check here if the application deadline is in the calendar year prior to year of entry (that is, in 2020) ☐ No closing date C31. Indicate the maximum number of credits that international undergraduate students may take during all summer sessions in a single academic year: 18
19 C33. List services available to international students: International student adviser Special international student orientation program Housing during summer months for international students ESL Program ON CAMPUS for international students ☐
Adult Student Admission Policies
C34. Test policies for adult students (check all that apply): Test policies are the same as described in question C8. ☐ SAT/ACT test scores are not required. SAT/ACT test scores not required if applicant is over ____ years of age. ☐ SAT/ACT test scores not required if applicant is out of high school ____ years or more ☐ Other test policies for adult students: ______
20 D. TRANSFER ADMISSION
Fall Applicants
D1. Does your institution enroll transfer students? Yes No ☐ (If no, please skip to Section E) If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities? Yes No ☐
D2. Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in Fall 2019. Applicants Admitted Applicants Enrolled Applicants Men 172 133 90 Women 165 129 75 Total 337 262 165
Application for Admission
D3. Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll: Fall Winter Spring Summer ☐ ☐
D4. Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman? Yes No ☐ If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure? 12 semester hours
D5. Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission: Required of Recommended of Recommended of Required of Not All All Some Some required High school transcript ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ College transcript(s) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Essay or personal statement ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Interview ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Standardized test scores ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
D6. If a minimum high school grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale): ______D7. If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale): 2.0 D9. List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the “Rolling admission” column. Priority Date Closing Date Notification Date Reply Date Rolling Admission Fall Winter ☐ Spring ☐ Summer ☐
21 D10. Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students? Yes No ☐ D11. Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable: College performance and dean of students’ recommendation required. Must have minimum of 12 transferrable college level course credits to be considered a transfer student.
Transfer Credit Policies
D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit: D
CDS D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit (use a 4.0 scale): _1.0_
D13. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution: Number 60 Unit type credit hours
D14. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution: Number 90 Unit type credit hours
D15. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate degree: 15
D16. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree: 30
D17. Describe other transfer credit policies: ______
CDS D18. Indicate which military/veteran transfer credits your institution accepts. American Council on Education (ACE) College Level Examination Program (CLEP) DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)
CDS D19. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on military education evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE): 90 Number Credit hours Unit Type
CDS D20. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on Department of Defense supported prior learning assessments (College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)): 90 Number Credit hours Unit Type
CDS D21. Are the military/veteran credit transfer policies published on your website? Yes No ☐ If yes, please provide the URL where the policy can be located: https://www.lynn.edu/admission/apply-to-lynn/veterans
CDS D22. Describe other military/veteran transfer credit policies unique to your institution: Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on military education evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) is unlimited.
22 Institutions to Which/From Which Students Transfer
D18. Based on your responses in previous sections of the survey, this question does not need to be answered by your institution.
D19. Transfer students entered your institution last year from which 2-year institutions? (List no more than 5.) Palm Beach State College, Broward College, Miami-Dade College. Monroe Community College, Brookdale Community College.
Special Services
D20. A) What special services does your institution offer to students transferring INTO your institution: Adviser Orientation Reentry adviser Preadmission transcript evaluation (determination of what courses will transfer) B) What special services does your institution offer to students transferring OUT OF your institution: Transfer center ☐ Transfer adviser ☐ College fairs/transfer recruitment on campus ☐
D21. Transfer students accepted at the following levels: First-semester freshman Second-semester freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
D22. Percentage of transfer students entering your institution in Fall 2019 at the following levels: 11% Entered as first-semester freshmen 16% Entered as second-semester freshmen 38% Entered as sophomores 26% Entered as juniors 9% Entered as seniors
D23. Percentage of transfer students entering your institution in Fall 2019 from 2-year and 4-year programs: ______% transferred from 2-year programs ______% transferred from 4-year programs
D24. If you have formal articulation programs with other institutions, indicate the names of the institutions. (A formal articulation program is an agreement between two educational institutions, stating specific policies relating to transfer and recognition of academic achievement in order to facilitate the successful transfer of students without duplication of learning.) Agreements with all Florida community colleges; Landmark College and Irish American University in Dublin, Ireland; Raritan Ley Community College, Berkshire Community College, Bucks County Community College.
23 E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES
E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to the glossary for definitions. Accelerated program Honors program ☐ Cooperative education program Independent study ☐ Cross-registration Internships ☐ Distance learning Liberal arts/career combination ☐ Double major Student-designed major ☐ Dual enrollment Study abroad English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher certification program ☐ Exchange student program (domestic) Weekend college ☐ ☐ External degree program Other (specify): ☐ ☐
E1.1. Other off-campus study options. New York semester ☐ Semester at sea ☐ United Nations semester ☐ Urban semester ☐ Washington semester ☐
E1.2. Do you offer GED preparation? Yes No ☐ Are you a GED test center? Yes No ☐
E1.3. If you have formal partnerships with national corporations, local businesses, or high schools describe them briefly (do not include dual enrollment or outreach programs here): Lynn University partners with Watson Institute to offer students a one-of-a-kind opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science in Social Entrepreneurship.
E1.4. Do you offer license preparation in the following areas? Preparation on Exam given on
campus campus Aviation ☐ Dental Hygiene ☐ ☐ Nursing ☐ ☐ Occupational Therapy ☐ ☐ Paramedic ☐ ☐ Physical Therapy ☐ ☐ Radiology ☐ ☐ Real Estate ☐ ☐
E1.5. Do you have a separate undergraduate honors college with different admission requirements and different academic offerings? Yes No ☐ If so, please describe briefly the admission requirements, the number of freshmen admitted (in general) and the academic program. ______
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E1.7. Programs leading to combined bachelor's/graduate: In conjunction with another At your institution institution Dentistry (DDS or DMD) ☐ ☐ Osteopathic Medicine (DO) ☐ ☐ Pharmacy (D.Pharm) ☐ ☐ Podiatry ☐ ☐ Master of Business Administration (MBA) ☐ ☐ Medicine (MD) ☐ ☐ Master of Fine Arts (MFA) ☐ ☐ Law (JD or LL.B) ☐ Optometry (OD) ☐ ☐ Dentistry (DDS or DMD) ☐ ☐ Osteopathic Medicine (DO) ☐ ☐ Pharmacy (D.Pharm) ☐ ☐ Podiatry ☐ ☐ Master of Business Administration (MBA) ☐ ☐ Pharmacy (D.Pharm) ☐ ☐ Podiatry ☐ ☐ Master of Business Administration (MBA) ☐ ☐ Medicine (MD) ☐ ☐ Master of Fine Arts (MFA) ☐ ☐ Law (JD or LL.B) ☐ ☐ Optometry (OD) ☐ ☐ Veterinary Medicine (DVM) ☐ ☐ Accounting ☐ ☐ Architecture ☐ ☐ Chemistry ☐ ☐ Education ☐ ☐ Engineering ☐ ☐ Environmental Studies ☐ ☐ Forestry ☐ ☐ Mathematics ☐ ☐ Nursing ☐ ☐ Occupational Therapy ☐ ☐ Physical Therapy ☐ ☐ Psychology ☐ ☐ Social Work ☐ ☐
25 CDS E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation: Arts/fine arts Computer literacy ☐ English (including composition) Foreign languages History ☐ Humanities ☐ Mathematics Philosophy Sciences (biological or physical) Social science Other (describe): Undergraduate students are required to complete a Dialogue of Learning course that covers language and culture. E3. Identify the academic support services offered to students. Writing Center Pre-admission summer program ☐ Learning Center Reduced course load Tutoring Study skills assistance Remedial instruction . Other (describe): Academic coaching, assistive technology, diagnostic assessment, alternative testing environment.
E3.1. Are academic support services available? Evenings (after 6:00PM) Yes No ☐ Weekends Yes No ☐ E3.2. Briefly describe any academic programs or services you have in place to assist first generation or other underrepresented students. ______E4. If you wish, describe other characteristics of your academic offerings and policies. ______
E5. Computing on Campus Are students required to have a personal or laptop computer? Yes No ☐ Number of college-owned workstations available for general student use. 250 Location of workstations. Dorms ☐ Library Computer center Student center
26 Check off if these apply: Dorms wired for high speed internet connections (e.g. Ethernet, T1, T3). Dorms wired for access to campus-wide network. E-mail accounts provided to all students. Online course registration for freshmen. Commuter/off-campus students can connect to campus network. Computer repair service available on campus. ☐ Computer helpline available. Online library (ability to read books, periodicals, etc. online). Discounted computer software for sale (on-campus-store). Discounted computer hardware for sale (on-campus-store). ☐ Student web hosting. Wireless network.
Placement and Credit by Examination
E6. Information should reflect policies affecting freshmen entering Fall 2021. Institutional/departmental examinations used for placement, counseling, or credit. Yes No ☐
E7. Maximum number of credits awarded for prior work and/or life experiences 30
E8. Policy limiting hours of credit by examination that may be counted toward a degree: Hours of credit by examination may be counted toward associate degree 15 Hours of credit examination may be counted toward a bachelor's degree 30 Other credit by examination policy ______
E9. Credit and/or placement awarded for International Baccalaureate? Yes No ☐
E11.0. Advanced Placement Official
Name: Jennifer Scholl Title: Registrar Phone: (561)237-7811 E-mail Address: [email protected]
27 F. STUDENT LIFE
F1. Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students and degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in Fall 2018 who fit the following categories: First-Time, First-Year Degree- Degree-seeking
Seeking (freshman) students Undergraduates Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresident aliens from the numerator and 48% 45% denominator) Percent of men who join fraternities 16% 13% Percent of women who join sororities 13% 11% Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated 81% 72% housing Percent who live off campus or commute 19% 28% Percent of students age 25 and older 2% 7% Average age of full-time students 19 21 Average age of all students (full- and part-time) 19 21
F1.1. Is your campus considered primarily: Residential Commuter ☐
F2. Activities offered. Identify those programs available at your institution.
Campus Ministries Literary magazine Radio station
Choral groups Marching band Student government ☐ ☐ Concert band Model UN Student newspaper ☐ Dance Music ensembles Student-run film society
Drama/theater Musical theater Symphony orchestra
International Student Organization Opera Television station ☐ Jazz band Pep band Yearbook ☐ ☐ ☐
F2.1. Social organizations: Fraternities Sororities
F3. ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)
Army ROTC is offered: On campus At cooperating institution (name): ☐ ☐
Naval ROTC is offered: On campus At cooperating institution (name): ☐ ☐
Air Force ROTC is offered: On campus At cooperating institution (name): University of Miami ☐
28 F4. Housing: Check all types of college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing available for undergraduates at your institution. Coed dorms Special housing for disabled students Men’s dorms Special housing for international students ☐ ☐ Women’s dorms Fraternity/sorority housing ☐ ☐ Apartments for married students Cooperative housing ☐ ☐ Apartments for single students Theme housing ☐ ☐ Other housing options (specify): ____ Wellness housing ☐ ☐
F4.1. Indicate housing policies at your institution: No college-affiliated student housing available ☐ Guaranteed on-campus housing for freshmen Guaranteed on-campus housing for all undergraduates ☐ Assistance in locating off-campus housing ☐ F4.2. Religious observance required? Yes No ☐
F4.3. Check each of the following Clubs and Student Organization categories sponsored by your institution. Academic, Career, Pre-Professional Culture Identity & Diversity Appreciation Environment & Sustainability Gender & Sexuality Greek Life Health & Wellness ☐ Media & Publications Creative and Performing Arts Political / Social Awareness Religion & Spirituality Service Special Interest Sports and Recreation Activities
List up to 10 religious, political, ethnic, and social service organizations available on campus: Student Activities Board, Black Student Union, Chabad, Hillel, Animal Welfare Club, Criminal Justice Club, Knights of the Roundtable.
F4.4. Student Life: Please describe any important policies, regulations or requirements: Pets are allowed in the dorms only if the animal is a registered service/support animal.
F4.5. Are pets allowed in dorm rooms? Yes No ☐
F4.6. Do you allow first-time, first-year students to have a car on campus? Yes No ☐
F5. Intercollegiate athletic association membership: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) ☐ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) ☐ United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) ☐ National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) ☐
29 F6. Check the intercollegiate, intramural and club sports sponsored by your institution. Indicate if athletic scholarships are available. Intercollegiate Intramural Scholarship Club Sport Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Archery ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Badminton ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Baseball ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Basketball ☐ ☐ Bow ling ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Boxing ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Cheerleading ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Cricket ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Cross-Country ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Diving ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Equestrian ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Fencing ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Field Hockey ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Football ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Football (Non-Tackle) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Golf ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Gymnastics ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Handball ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Ice Hockey ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Judo ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Lacrosse ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Racquetball ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Rifle ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Rodeo ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Rowing (Crew) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Rugby ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Sailing ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Skiing ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Skin Diving ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Soccer Softball ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Squash ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Swimming ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Sync. Swimming ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Table Tennis ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Tennis ☐ ☐ Track And Field ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Triathlon ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Ultimate (or Ultimate Frisbee) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Volleyball ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Volleyball (Sand) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Water Polo ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Weightlifting ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Wrestling ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
30 F7. List any other available club sports not listed in question F6. If restricted to men include "M"; if restricted to women include "W". _ Dance (W)
F8. Freshman Orientation Freshman orientation available: Yes No ☐ Mandatory? Yes No ☐ Is there a separate charge? Yes No; Amount $ ______☐ Can you preregister for classes? Yes No ☐ Use these lines to describe your orientation program, including when held and duration: ______
F9. Check each of the following services offered by your institution: Adult (re-entering) student services/programs Legal services ☐ ☐ Alcohol/substance abuse counseling Minority student services Chaplain/spiritual director On-campus daycare ☐ Career counseling Peer mentoring services Disability Support Services Personal/mental health counseling ☐ Economically disadvantaged student services Placement service for graduates ☐ Employment services for undergraduates Veterans' counselor Financial aid counseling Women's services Health services
F10. Indicate the services, programs, and/or resources sponsored by your institution for the traditionally under-represented identities listed below: COUNSELING OR SPECIALTY IDENTITY ACADEMIC SUPPORT OTHER HOUSING PROGRAMS First Generation ☐ ☐ ☐ Low Income/Pell Grant Eligible ☐ ☐ ☐ Women ☐ ☐ LBTQ ☐ ☐ Persons with Disabilities ☐ ☐ ☐ Black / African American ☐ ☐ ☐ Native American / Alaska Native ☐ ☐ ☐ Hispanic / Latinx ☐ ☐ ☐ Middle Eastern ☐ ☐ ☐ Asian (including Indian subcontinent) ☐ ☐ ☐ Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander ☐ ☐ ☐ Veteran ☐ ☐ ☐ International ☐ ☐ Student of Color/ Multicultural ☐ ☐
F11. Service/facilities for the physically disabled: Wheelchair accessibility Services and/or facilities for visually impaired ☐ Services and/or facilities for hearing impaired ☐
31 Services and/or facilities for speech or communications disorders ☐ F12. Indicate the type of support services available for students with learning disabilities. Comprehensive is defined as a specific program staffed by professionals experienced in the area of learning disabilities, designed to meet the needs of students with various types of learning disabilities. Partial means support services are available on an individual, as needed basis but there is no formal program offered. Comprehensive services available Partial services available ☐
32 G. ANNUAL EXPENSES
G. Chief Financial Aid Officer Name: John Chambers Title: Director of Financial Aid Phone: (561)237-7973 E-mail Address: [email protected]
Financial Aid Office Phone: (561)237-7185 E-mail Address: [email protected] URL to financial aid web page: www.lynn.edu/financialaid Title IV Code 001505
G0. Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator: https://lynn.aidcalculator.com/calculator Provide 2020-2021 academic year costs of attendance for the following categories that are applicable to your institution. G1. Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board (If costs vary by class, provide Freshman costs.) List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2020-2021 academic year (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits). A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters, two trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan. Room and board is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.
Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees). Do not include optional fees ((e.g., parking, laboratory use). Do not include freshmen orientation fees.
[Required fees should not include application fee.]
Tuition and fees provided are firm and final for Academic Year 2020-2021. Academic Year 2020-2021 tuition and fee figures provided are projections. ☐ Academic Year 2020-2021 tuition and fee figures are not available at this time. ☐ Estimated date when final figures will be available (MM/DD) _ _/ ______FIRST-YEAR UNDERGRADUATES PRIVATE INSTITUTION $37,600 $37,600 PUBLIC INSTITUTION In-district: In-state (out-of-district): Out-of-state: NON-RESIDENT ALIEN: $37,600 $37,600 REQUIRED FEES: $2,250 $2,250 ROOM AND BOARD: (on-campus) $12,470 $12,470 ROOM ONLY: (on-campus) BOARD ONLY: (on-campus meal plan)
Comprehensive tuition/room/board fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition/room /board fees): ______Other: ______
33 G2. Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated full-time tuition 12 minimum 18 maximum
G3. Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)? Yes No ☐
G3.1. Indicate tuition exchange or reciprocity agreements participated in by your institution: Southern Regional Education Board Academic Common Market ☐ Midwest Student Exchange ☐ Western Undergraduate Exchange ☐ New England Regional Student Program ☐
G4. Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program? Yes No ☐
If yes, what percentage of full-time undergraduates pay more than the tuition and fees reported in G1? ______
G5. Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student: Commuters Commuters Residents (living at home) (not living at home) Books and supplies $800 $800 $800 Room only Board only Room and board total (if your college cannot provide separate $12,470 $500 $15,829 room and board figures for commuters not living at home)
Transportation $1,281 $4,385 $3,562 Other expenses $4,567 $4,289 $5,000
G6. Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges (tuition only):
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS In-district In-state (out-of-district) Out-of-state NON-RESIDENT ALIENS
G7. Other estimated expenses for international students for academic year: figure should not include cost information from G1 and should not include estimated expenses in G5. Typically, the figure reported here represents long distance travel and other expenses unique to international students. $__2,882
34 H. FINANCIAL AID
Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates H1. Enter total dollar amounts awarded to enrolled full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS question B1, "Total degree-seeking" undergraduates) in the following categories. Note: If the data being reported are final figures for the 2018-2019 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2018-2019 academic year's CDS question B1 cohort. Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid). Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid column. (For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for "non-need-based scholarship or grant aid" in the definitions section above.)
Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, and H6 below: 2019-2020 estimated 2018-2019 final ☐
Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid? (Formerly H3) Federal methodology (FM) Institutional methodology (IM) ☐ Both FM and IM ☐ Non-need-based Survey respondents are encouraged to use zeros throughout the H Need-based (Exclude non-need- section, if/when appropriate. (Include non-need-based based aid use to meet Blanks will not be populated automatically with zeros. aid use to meet need.) need.)
Scholarships/Grants
Federal $3,221,593 $0
State (i.e., all states, not only the state in which your institution is located) $1,715,288 $636,879 Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers $12,152,038 $10,674,920 (which are reported below). Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g., Kiwanis, National Merit) $532,679 $824,333 not awarded by the college Total Scholarships/Grants $17,621,598 $12,136,132
Self-Help
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans) $7,039,633 $567,111
Federal Work-Study $753,175 State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: $174,086 $170,491 Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.) Total Self-Help $7,966,894 $737,602
Parent Loans $9,858,751 $759,462 Tuition Waivers (Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers $923,373 $605,603 elsewhere.) Athletic Awards $1,265,857 $2,251,324
35 H1A. Distribution of Institutional Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates Questions H1A a), b), and c) below are being asked for purposes of the AGB/NACUBO Looking Under the Hood online benchmarking tool. No data descriptive of individual institutions elicited from these questions will be made public by AGB, NACUBO, or The College Board. Please address any inquiries or concerns about these questions to [email protected]. In providing percentages for questions H1A a), H1A b), and H1A c) below, first determine Total Undergraduate Institutional Scholarships/Grants Dollars. This total, used in all three questions, is the sum of the two values populating the need-based and non-need-based institutional aid cells in the third line of the Common Data Set (CDS) H1 chart included in this survey. Also, for all three questions, use the academic reporting year selected in CDS H1.
a) Provide percentage of Total Undergraduate Institutional Scholarships/Grants Dollars awarded to degree-seeking undergraduates by Race/Ethnicity categories shown below. These categories are based on the CDS B2 chart included in this survey. (a) Nonresident aliens 14% (b) Hispanic/Latino (all races) 18% (c) Black or African American, non-Hispanic 9% (d) White, non-Hispanic 44% (e) American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic _0% (f) Asian, non-Hispanic _2% (g) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 0% (h) Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2% (i) Race and/or Ethnicity unknown 11% (j) Total (lines (a) thru (i) should sum to 100%) 100 %
b) Provide percentage of Total Undergraduate Institutional Scholarships/Grants Dollars awarded to students by income level in the following income categories as defined by the IPEDS Student Financial Aid (SFA) survey. To assign the income category of the student, use the income that was used by your financial aid office to determine the student's Expected Family Contribution (EFC). For dependent students, this w ill include the parents adjusted gross income and the student's adjusted gross income. For independent students, this w ill include the student's adjusted gross income. Assign students who did not apply for financial aid to the "Missing/Unknown" category. (a) $0 to $30,000 44% (b) $30,001 to $48,000 _5% (c) $48,001 to $75,000 _3% (d) $75,001 to $110,000 _2% (e) $110,001 and over _4% (f) Missing/Unknown 42% (g) Total (lines (a) thru (f) should sum to 100%) 100 %
c) Below, you'll be asked to provide the percentage of Total Undergraduate Institutional Scholarships/Grants Dollars awarded that are Endowed Scholarships. To calculate, add the Total Undergraduate Institutional Need-Based Endowed Scholarships awarded (including Non-Need-Based Endowed Scholarships used to meet need) to the Total Undergraduate Institutional Non-Need-Based Endowed Scholarships (excluding Non-Need-Based Endowed Scholarships used to meet need). To conclude the percentage calculation, divide the Total Undergraduate Endowed Scholarship Dollars just calculated by the Total Undergraduate Institutional Scholarships/Grants Dollars.
Provide percentage of Total Undergraduate Institutional Scholarships/Grants Dollars awarded that are Endowed Scholarships. _1%
36 H2. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source. Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates. First-time Full-time Less Than Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid Full-time Undergrad Full-time Freshmen a) Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on 725 2,218 183 Fall cohort)
b) Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid 721 2,102 128
c) Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need 396 1,054 78
d) Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid 395 1,049 68 e) Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or 324 903 56 grant aid
f) Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid 319 828 46
g) Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based 387 954 43 scholarship or grant aid h) Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, 395 1,049 65 unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) i) On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of 62.2% 55.3% 22.9% need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) j) The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private $26,280 $24,022 $5,944 alternative loans) k) Average need-based scholarship or grant award of those in line e $9,238 $9,593 $4,611 l) Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, $6,651 $6,676 $3,267 and private alternative loans) of those in line f
m) Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and $9,072 $4,597 $3,162 private alternative loans) of those in line f who were awarded a need-based loan
n) Number of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were 307 815 15 awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits)
o) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based scholarship and grant aid $13,554 $12,395 $8,774 awarded to students in line n
p) Number of students in line a who were awarded an institutional non-need- 85 400 0 based athletic scholarship or grant
q) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based athletic scholarships and $8,226 $9,650 $0 grants awarded to students in line p
37 H3. Student aid and college costs Numbers should reflect the cohort to which responses in H1, H2, and H2a refer. Data from these three questions (as w ell as responses in CDS B1, CDS G1, and CDS H1) will be used by the College Board for its annual reports on aggregate amounts of student aid, tuition discounting, and college costs. These reports do not refer to institutions by name; data are presented in categories such as 4-year private, 4-year public, etc., so that individual institution data cannot be identified.
Indicate academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, H3, and H6:
2019-2020 estimated 2018-2019 final ☐
Degree-seeking first-time, full-time freshmen
a) Indicate the number of enrolled degree-seeking first-time, full-time freshmen awarded institutional scholarships and grant aid for the same academic year indicated in responses to H1, H2, and H2a. This number should include students receiving athletic aid, but it should not include students receiving only tuition waivers. 693
b) Indicate the total amount of institutional scholarships and grant aid awarded to degree-seeking first-time, full-time freshmen for the same academic year cited in H1, H2, H2a, and H3a. This dollar amount should represent institutional (endowment, alumni, or other institutional awards) and external funds awarded by the college (excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers). This amount should not include Federal and State grants/scholarships. $ 9,638,458
Indicate the total amount of athletic aid awarded to the degree-seeking first-time, full-time freshmen in the academic year cited above: $ 1,457,466
Indicate the total amount of tuition waivers awarded to the degree-seeking first-time, full-time freshmen in the academic year cited above: $ 517,170
Gross tuition and fee revenue
c) Indicate the gross undergraduate tuition and required fee revenue for the same academic year cited in H3a and H3b. This gross undergraduate tuition and required fee figure includes all tuition and fees charged. All degree-seeking first-time, full-time freshmen $ 27,861,750 All degree-seeking undergraduates $ 85,237,740
Note: These are the graduates and loan types to include and exclude in order to fill out CDS H4 and H5. Include: * 2019 undergraduate class: all students who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 * only loans made to students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution * co-signed loans Exclude: * students who transferred in * money borrowed at other institutions * parent loans * students who did not graduate or who graduated with another degree or certificate (but no bachelor’s degree.
H4. Provide the number of students in the 2019 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Exclude students who transferred into your institution. 254
38 H5. Number and percent of students in class (defined in H4 above) borrowing from Federal, non-Federal, and any loan sources, and the average (or mean) amount borrowed. NOTE: The "Average per-undergraduate-borrower cumulative principal borrowed," is designed to provide better information about student borrowing from federal and nonfederal (institutional, state, commercial) sources. The numbers, percentages and averages for each row should be based only on the loan source specified for the particular row. For example, the federal loans average (row b) should only be the cumulative average of federal loans and the private loans average (row e) should only be the cumulative average of private loans. Percent of the Average per- Number in the class (defined undergraduate-borrower class (defined above) who cumulative principal in H4 above) borrowed borrowed, of those in the who borrowed (nearest 1%) first column (nearest $1)
a) Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both 107 42% $3,451 Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
b) Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct 102 40% $22,134 Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
c) Institutional loan programs. 28 11% $6,518
d) State loan programs. - - -
e) Private alternative loans made by a bank or lender. 26 10% $56,156
H5.1. Is need-based financial aid available to full-time students? Yes No ☐ H5.2. Is need-based financial aid available to part-time students? Yes No ☐ H5.3. Do you practice need-blind admission? Yes No ☐ H5.4. All financial aid based on need? Yes No ☐
Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresident Aliens (Note: Report numbers and dollar amounts for the same academic year checked in item H1.)
H6. Indicate your institution’s policy regarding institutional scholarship and grant aid for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available ☐ Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available Institutional scholarship and grant aid is not available ☐
If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid: 318
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $18,612
Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $5,918,762
39 H7. Check off all financial aid forms nonresident alien first-year financial aid applicants must submit: Institution’s own financial aid form ☐ CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE ☐ International Student’s Financial Aid Application ☐ International Student’s Certification of Finances Other: ______☐
Process for First-Year/Freshman Students
H8. Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year (freshman) financial aid applicants must submit: FAFSA Institution’s own financial aid form ☐ CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE ☐ State aid form ☐ Noncustodial PROFILE ☐ Business/Farm Supplement ☐ Other: ______☐
H9. Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students: Priority date for filing required financial aid forms: 03/01 Deadline for filing required financial aid forms: ______No deadline for filing required forms
H10. Indicate notification dates for first-year (freshman) students (answer a or b): a.) Students notified on or about (date): ______b.) Students notified on a rolling basis: Yes No ☐ If yes, starting date: 11/01 H11. Indicate reply dates: Students must reply by (date): or within 2 weeks of notification.
Types of Aid Available
Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution: H12. Loans
FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (DIRECT LOAN) Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans Direct PLUS Loans Federal Perkins Loans ☐ Federal Nursing Loans ☐ State Loans ☐ College/university loans from institutional funds ☐ Other (specify): ______☐
40 H13. Scholarships and Grants
NEED-BASED: Federal Pell SEOG State scholarships/grants Private scholarships College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional funds United Negro College Fund ☐ Federal Nursing Scholarship ☐ Other (specify): ______☐
H14. Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply. Non-need Need-based Academics ☐ Alumni Affiliation ☐ Art ☐ ☐ Athletics ☐ Job Skills ☐ ☐ Leadership Minority status ☐ ☐ Music/Drama ☐ Religious Affiliation ☐ ☐ ROTC ☐ ☐ State/District Residency ☐ ☐
H14.1. Transfer student financial aid application procedures for Fall 2021 If different from the financial aid application deadlines for freshmen applicants, indicate the following deadlines for transfer student applicants: Priority date for filing required financial aid forms (MM/DD) 03/01_ Deadline for filing required financial aid forms (MM/DD) ______ No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis)
Do these deadlines reflect a material change from previous years due to the earlier availability of the FAFSA? YES NO ☐
Indicate notification dates for transfer student financial aid applications (answer a. or b.): a. students notified on or about (MM/DD) ______b. students notified on a rolling basis If b. is checked, starting date (MM/DD) 11/01
H14.2. Indicate reply dates: Students must reply by (MM/DD) ______/______or within the following number of notification: __2__ H14.3. Provide regulations or policies regarding financial aid for transfer students not covered by the preceding questions. Include any special aid or limitations on aid available to transfer students UP TO $10,000 OF NEED MET TO INCLUDE FEDERAL, STATE, AND INSTITUTIONAL AID.
41 H15. If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details below: ______H16. Indicate which policies your institution has implemented to help students reduce or meet college costs. Tuition and/or fee waivers for: Adult students ☐ Senior citizens ☐ Family members enrolled simultaneously Family of clergy/clergy commitment ☐ Children of alumni Minority students ☐ Unemployed or children of unemployed workers ☐ Employees/families of employees
Tuition guarantee plans Tuition at time of first enrollment guaranteed to all students for 4 (or 2) years ☐ Tuition at time of first enrollment guaranteed only to students making advance payment ☐ Tuition futures or advance payment program for parents of young children ☐ Tuition payment plans Credit card payment Prepayment discount External finance company Installment payment Deferred payment ☐ H17. Are work-study programs available? Nights For part-time students ☐ Weekends
H18. Provide any additional information regarding financial aid policies and procedures. ______
H19. Use these lines, if you wish, to describe any non-need-based merit scholarship opportunities that you would like prospective freshmen to know about. List the name of the award, amount, and basis for selection and number of awards available. Based on HS GPA and/or test scores: National Merit Scholarship for full tuition up to 16 credits each semester (10 available award per academic year). Presidential Scholarship for Full tuition and room and board up to 16 credits each semester (2 available award per academic year); Dean's Scholarship for $12,000 per academic year; Merit Scholarship for $10,000 per academic year; Academic Grant for $6,000 per academic year
42 H16. Indicate which policies your institution has implemented to help students reduce or meet college costs. Tuition and/or fee waivers for: Adult students ☐ Senior citizens ☐ Family members enrolled simultaneously Family of clergy/clergy commitment ☐ Children of alumni Minority students ☐ Unemployed or children of unemployed workers ☐ Employees/families of employees Tuition guarantee plans Tuition at time of first enrollment guaranteed to all students for 4 (or 2) years ☐ Tuition at time of first enrollment guaranteed only to students making advance payment ☐ Tuition futures or advance payment program for parents of young children ☐ Tuition payment plans Credit card payment Prepayment discount External finance company Installment payment Deferred payment ☐ H17. Are work-study programs available? Nights For part-time students ☐ Weekends H18. Provide any additional information regarding financial aid policies and procedures. ______H19. Use these lines, if you wish, to describe any non-need-based merit scholarship opportunities that you would like prospective freshmen to know about. List the name of the award, amount, and basis for selection and number of awards available. Based on HS GPA and/or test scores: National Merit Scholarship for full tuition up to 16 credits each semester (10 available award per academic year). Presidential Scholarship for Full tuition and room and board up to 16 credits each semester (2 available award per academic year); Dean's Scholarship for $12,000 per academic year; Merit Scholarship for $10,000 per academic year; Academic Grant for $6,000 per academic year
43 I. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE
I-1. Please report the number of instructional faculty members in each category for Fall 2019. Include faculty who are on your institution’s payroll on the census date your institution uses for IPEDS/AAUP.
The following definition of full-time instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions: Full-time Part-time Include only if they (a) instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty who are not teach one or more paid (e.g., those who donate their services or are in the military), or research- Exclude non-clinical credit only faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows courses (b) administrative officers with titles such as dean of students, librarian, Include if they teach registrar, coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to Exclude one or more non- classroom instruction and may have faculty status clinical credit courses (C ) other administrators/staff who teach one or more non-clinical credit Exclude Include courses even though they do not have faculty status (d) undergraduate or graduate students who assist in the instruction of Exclude Exclude courses, but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like (e) faculty on sabbatical or leave with pay Include Exclude (f) faculty on leave without pay Exclude Exclude (g) replacement faculty for faculty on sabbatical leave or leave with pay Exclude Include
Full-time instructional faculty: faculty employed on a full-time basis for instruction (including those with released time for research) Part-time instructional faculty: Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part-time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instruction faculty but who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty. Minority faculty: includes faculty who designate themselves as Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration. Also includes terminal degrees formerly designated as “first professional,” including dentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), or law (JD). Terminal master’s degree: a master’s degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater).
Full-time Part-time Total (a) Total number of instructional faculty 130 92 222 (b) Total number who are members of minority groups 15 10 25 (c) Total number who are women 55 48 103 (d) Total number who are men 75 44 119 (e) Total number who are nonresident aliens (international) 2 3 5 (f) Total number with doctorate, or other terminal degree 73 21 94 (g) Total number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal master’s 38 40 78 (h) Total number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s 5 1 6 (i) Total number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note: Items f, g, h, and 14 30 44 i must sum up to item a.) (j) Total number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in which faculty 0 0 0 teach virtually only graduate-level students
44 I-2. Student to Faculty Ratio
Report the Fall 2019 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full time plus 1/3 part time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students. Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.
Fall 2019 Student to Faculty ratio: 18 to 1 (based on 2,841 FTE students and 162 FTE faculty).
I-3. Undergraduate Class Size
In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2019 term.
Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to- one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings.
Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one- to-one readings. Each class subsection should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings.
Using the above definitions, please report for each of the following class-size intervals the number of class sections and class subsections offered in Fall 2019. For example, a lecture class with 800 students who met at another time in 40 separate labs with 20 students should be counted once in the “100+” column in the class section column and 40 times under the “20-29” column of the class subsections table.
Number of Class Sections with Undergraduates Enrolled
Undergraduate Class Size (provide numbers)
2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total Class Sections 91 128 240 39 1 2 0 501 Class Sub-Sections 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 15
45 J. DEGREES CONFERRED
Degrees conferred between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 For each of the following discipline areas, provide the percentage of diplomas/certificates, associate, and bachelor’s degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice). Calculate the percentage from your institution’s IPEDS Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code as the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st Majors and the Grand Total by 2nd major as the denominator. If you prefer, you can compute the percentages using 1st majors only. CIP 2010 Diploma/ Category Associate Bachelor’s Categories to Certificates Include Agriculture 0 0 0 1 Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0.9 3 Architecture 0 0 0 4 Area, ethnic, and gender studies 0 0 0 5 Communication/ Journalism 0 33.3 12.9 9 Communication technologies 0 0 3.3 10 Computer and information sciences 0 11.1 0 11 Personal and culinary services 0 0 0 12 Education 0 0 2.0 13 Engineering 0 0 0 14 Engineering technologies 0 0 0 15 Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics 0 0 0 16 Family and consumer sciences 0 0 0 19 Law/legal studies 0 0 0 22 English 0 0 0 23 Liberal arts/general studies 0 0 0.5 24 Library science 0 0 0 25 Biological/life sciences 0 0 6.3 26 Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 27 Military science and military technologies 0 0 0 28 & 29 Interdisciplinary studies 0 0 0 30 Parks and recreation 0 0 4.7 31 Philosophy and religious studies 0 0 0 38 Theology and religious vocations 0 0 0 39 Physical sciences 0 0 0 40 Science technologies 0 0 0 41 Psychology 0 0 7.6 42 Homeland Security, law enforcement, 0 0 5.6 43 firefighting, and protective services Public administration and social services 0 0 0 44 Social sciences 0 0 2.0 45 Construction trades 0 0 0 46 Mechanic and repair technologies 0 0 0 47 Precision production 0 0 0 48 Transportation and materials moving 0 0 2.2 49 Visual and performing arts 0 44.5 8.7 50 Health professions and related programs 0 0 0 51 Business/marketing 0 11.1 0 52 History 0 0 43.3 54 Other 0 0 0 Not Listed TOTAL 0.00% 100.00% 100.00%
46 K. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Chief Executive Officer Name: Kevin Ross E-mail Address: [email protected]
Chief Academic Officer Name: Katrina Carter-Tellison E-mail Address: [email protected]
Vice President for Enrollment Management Name: Gareth Fowles E-mail Address: [email protected]
Director, ESL Program Name: ______E-mail Address: ______
Director, Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment Name: Lara Martin E-mail Address: [email protected]
Public Relations Officer Name: Stephanie Brown E-mail Address: [email protected]
47 L. COMMON DATA SET (CDS) DEFINITIONS
All definitions related to the financial aid section appear at the end of the definitions document. Items preceded by an asterisk (*) represent definitions agreed to among publishers which do not appear on the CDS document but may be present on individual publishers’ surveys.
*Academic advisement: Plan under which each student is assigned to a faculty member or a trained adviser, who, through regular meetings, helps the student plan and implement immediate and long-term academic and vocational goals.
Accelerated program: Completion of a college program of study in fewer than the usual number of years, most often by attending summer sessions and carrying extra courses during the regular academic term.
Admitted student: Applicant who is offered admission to a degree-granting program at your institution.
*Adult student services: Admission assistance, support, orientation, and other services expressly for adults who have started college for the first time, or who are re-entering after a lapse of a few years.
American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and maintaining tribal affiliation or community attachment.
Applicant (first-time, first year): An individual who has fulfilled the institution’s requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who has been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).
Application fee: That amount of money that an institution charges for processing a student’s application for acceptance. This amount is not creditable toward tuition and required fees, nor is it refundable if the student is not admitted to the institution.
Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example: Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Associate degree: An award that normally requires at least two but less than four years of full-time equivalent college work.
Bachelor’s degree: An award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education) that normally requires at least four years but not more than five years of full-time equivalent college-level work. This includes ALL bachelor’s degrees conferred in a five-year cooperative (work-study plan) program. (A cooperative plan provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government; thus, it allows students to combine actual work experience with their college studies.) Also, it includes bachelor’s degrees in which the normal four years of work are completed in three years.
Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Board (charges): Assume average cost for 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.
48 Books and supplies (costs): Average cost of books and supplies. Do not include unusual costs for special groups of students (e.g., engineering or art majors), unless they constitute the majority of students at your institution.
Calendar system: The method by which an institution structures most of its courses for the academic year.
Campus Ministry: Religious student organizations (denominational or nondenominational) devoted to fostering religious life on college campuses. May also refer to Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian organization.
*Career and placement services: A range of services, including (often) the following: coordination of visits of employers to campus; aptitude and vocational testing; interest inventories, personal counseling; help in resume writing, interviewing, launching the job search; listings for those students desiring employment and those seeking permanent positions; establishment of a permanent reference folder; career resource materials.
Carnegie units: One year of study or the equivalent in a secondary school subject.
Certificate: See Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma.
Class rank: The relative numerical position of a student in his or her graduating class, calculated by the high school on the basis of grade-point average, whether weighted or unweighted.
College-preparatory program: Courses in academic subjects (English, history and social studies, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and the arts) that stress preparation for college or university study.
Common Application: The standard application form distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for a large number of private colleges who are members of the Common Application Group.
*Community service program: Referral center for students wishing to perform volunteer work in the community or participate in volunteer activities coordinated by academic departments.
Commuter: A student who lives off campus in housing that is not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the college. This category includes students who commute from home and students who have moved to the area to attend college.
Contact hour: A unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as clock hour.
Continuous basis (for program enrollment): A calendar system classification that is used by institutions that enroll students at any time during the academic year. For example, a cosmetology school or a word processing school might allow students to enroll and begin studies at various times, with no requirement that classes begin on a certain date.
Cooperative education program: A program that provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government. Cooperative housing: College-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing in which students share room and board expenses and participate in household chores to reduce living expenses.
49 *Counseling service: Activities designed to assist students in making plans and decisions related to their education, career, or personal development.
Credit: Recognition of attendance or performance in an instructional activity (course or program) that can be applied by a recipient toward the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.
Credit course: A course that, if successfully completed, can be applied toward the number of courses required for achieving a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.
Credit hour: A unit of measure representing an hour (50 minutes) of instruction over a 15-week period in a semester or trimester system or a 10-week period in a quarter system. It is applied toward the total number of hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.
Cross-registration: A system whereby students enrolled at one institution may take courses at another institution without having to apply to the second institution.
Deferred admission: The practice of permitting admitted students to postpone enrollment, usually for a period of one academic term or one year.
Degree: An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies.
Degree-seeking students: Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award. At the undergraduate level, this is intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs.
Differs by program (calendar system): A calendar system classification that is used by institutions that have occupational/vocational programs of varying length. These schools may enroll students at specific times depending on the program desired. For example, a school might offer a two-month program in January, March, May, September, and November; and a three-month program in January, April, and October.
Diploma: See Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma.
Distance learning: An option for earning course credit at off-campus locations via cable television, internet, satellite classes, videotapes, correspondence courses, or other means.
Doctor’s degree-research/scholarship: A Ph.D. or other doctor's degree that requires advanced work beyond the master’s level, including the preparation and defense of a dissertation based on original research, or the planning and execution of an original project demonstrating substantial artistic or scholarly achievement. Some examples of this type of degree may include Ed.D., D.M.A., D.B.A., D.Sc., D.A., or D.M, and others, as designated by the awarding institution.
50 Doctor’s degree-professional practice: A doctor’s degree that is conferred upon completion of a program providing the knowledge and skills for the recognition, credential, or license required for professional practice. The degree is awarded after a period of study such that the total time to the degree, including both pre-professional and professional preparation, equals at least six full-time equivalent academic years. Some of these degrees were formerly classified as “first-professional” and may include: Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.); Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.); Law (L.L.B. or J.D.); Medicine (M.D.); Optometry (O.D.); Osteopathic Medicine (D.O); Pharmacy (Pharm.D.); Podiatry (D.P.M., Pod.D., D.P.); or, Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), and others, as designated by the awarding institution. Doctor’s degree-other: A doctor’s degree that does not meet the definition of a doctor’s degree - research/scholarship or a doctor’s degree - professional practice.
Double major: Program in which students may complete two undergraduate programs of study simultaneously.
Dual enrollment: A program through which high school students may enroll in college courses while still enrolled in high school. Students are not required to apply for admission to the college in order to participate.
Early action plan: An admission plan that allows students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification dates. If admitted, the candidate is not committed to enroll; the student may reply to the offer under the college’s regular reply policy.
Early admission: A policy under which students who have not completed high school are admitted and enroll full time in college, usually after completion of their junior year.
Early decision plan: A plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision (and financial aid offer if applicable) well in advance of the regular notification date. Applicants agree to accept an offer of admission and, if admitted, to withdraw their applications from other colleges. There are three possible decisions for early decision applicants: admitted, denied, or not admitted but forwarded for consideration with the regular applicant pool, without prejudice.
English as a Second Language (ESL): A course of study designed specifically for students whose native language is not English.
Exchange student program-domestic: Any arrangement between a student and a college that permits study for a semester or more at another college in the United States without extending the amount of time required for a degree. See also Study abroad.
External degree program: A program of study in which students earn credits toward a degree through independent study, college courses, proficiency examinations, and personal experience. External degree programs require minimal or no classroom attendance.
Extracurricular activities (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admissions process given for participation in both school and non-school-related activities of interest to the college, such as clubs, hobbies, student government, athletics, performing arts, etc.
First-time student: A student attending any institution for the first time at the level enrolled. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended a postsecondary institution for the first time at the same level in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credit earned before graduation from high school).
51 First-time, first-year (freshman) student: A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school).
First-year student: A student who has completed less than the equivalent of 1 full year of undergraduate work; that is, less than 30 semester hours (in a 120-hour degree program) or less than 900 contact hours.
Freshman: A first-year undergraduate student.
*Freshman/new student orientation: Orientation addressing the academic, social, emotional, and intellectual issues involved in beginning college. May be a few hours or a few days in length; at some colleges, there is a fee.
Full-time student (undergraduate): A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more contact hours a week each term.
Geographical residence (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admission process given to students from a particular region, state, or country of residence.
Grade-point average (academic high school GPA): The sum of grade points a student has earned in secondary school divided by the number of courses taken. The most common system of assigning numbers to grades counts four points for an A, three points for a B, two points for a C, one point for a D, and no points for an E or F. Unweighted GPA’s assign the same weight to each course. Weighting gives students additional points for their grades in advanced or honors courses.
Graduate student: A student who holds a bachelor’s or equivalent, and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level.
*Health services: Free or low cost on-campus primary and preventive health care available to students. High school diploma or recognized equivalent: A document certifying the successful completion of a prescribed secondary school program of studies, or the attainment of satisfactory scores on the Tests of General Educational Development (GED), or another state- specified examination.
Hispanic or Latino: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Honors program: Any special program for very able students offering the opportunity for educational enrichment, independent study, acceleration, or some combination of these.
Independent study: Academic work chosen or designed by the student with the approval of the department concerned, under an instructor’s supervision, and usually undertaken outside of the regular classroom structure.
In-state tuition: The tuition charged by institutions to those students who meet the state’s or institution’s residency requirements.
International student: See Nonresident alien.
52 International student group: Student groups that facilitate cultural dialogue, support a diverse campus, assist international students in acclimation and creating a social network.
Internship: Any short-term, supervised work experience usually related to a student’s major field, for which the student earns academic credit. The work can be full- or part-time, on- or off-campus, paid or unpaid.
*Learning center: Center offering assistance through tutors, workshops, computer programs, or audiovisual equipment in reading, writing, math, and skills such as taking notes, managing time, taking tests.
*Legal services: Free or low cost legal advice for a range of issues (personal and other).
Liberal arts/career combination: Program in which a student earns undergraduate degrees in two separate fields, one in a liberal arts major and the other in a professional or specialized major, whether on campus or through cross-registration.
Master's degree: An award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of generally one or two full-time equivalent academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree. Some of these degrees, such as those in Theology (M.Div., M.H.L./Rav) that were formerly classified as "first-professional", may require more than two full-time equivalent academic years of work.
Minority affiliation (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admission process for members of designated racial/ethnic minority groups.
*Minority student center: Center with programs, activities, and/or services intended to enhance the college experience of students of color.
Model United Nations: A simulation activity focusing on conflict resolution, globalization, and diplomacy. Assuming roles as foreign ambassadors and “delegates,” students conduct research, engage in debate, draft resolutions, and may participate in a national Model UN conference.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Nonresident alien: A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.
*On-campus day care: Licensed day care for students’ children (usually age 3 and up); usually for a fee.
Open admission: Admission policy under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications.
Other expenses (costs): Include average costs for clothing, laundry, entertainment, medical (if not a required fee), and furnishings.
53 Out-of-state tuition: The tuition charged by institutions to those students who do not meet the institution’s or state’s residency requirements.
Part-time student (undergraduate): A student enrolled for fewer than 12 credits per semester or quarter, or fewer than 24 contact hours a week each term.
*Personal counseling: One-on-one or group counseling with trained professionals for students who want to explore personal, educational, or vocational issues.
Post-baccalaureate certificate: An award that requires completion of an organized program of study requiring 18 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s; designed for persons who have completed a baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of master.
Post-master’s certificate: An award that requires completion of an organized program of study of 24 credit hours beyond the master’s degree but does not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma: Includes the following three IPEDS definitions for postsecondary awards, certificates, and diplomas of varying durations and credit/contact hour requirements- Less Than 1 Academic Year: Requires completion of an organized program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in less than 1 academic year (2 semesters or 3 quarters) or in less than 900 contact hours by a student enrolled full-time. At Least 1 But Less Than 2 Academic Years: Requires completion of an organized program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in at least 1 but less than 2 full-time equivalent academic years, or designed for completion in at least 30 but less than 60 credit hours, or in at least 900 but less than 1,800 contact hours. At Least 2 But Less Than 4 Academic Years: Requires completion of an organized program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in at least 2 but less than 4 full-time equivalent academic years, or designed for completion in at least 60 but less than 120 credit hours, or in at least 1,800 but less than 3,600 contact hours.
Private institution: An educational institution controlled by a private individual(s) or by a nongovernmental agency, usually supported primarily by other than public funds, and operated by other than publicly elected or appointed officials.
Private for-profit institution: A private institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives compensation, other than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk.
Private nonprofit institution: A private institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives no compensation, other than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk. These include both independent nonprofit schools and those affiliated with a religious organization. Proprietary institution: See Private for-profit institution.
Public institution: An educational institution whose programs and activities are operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials, and which is supported primarily by public funds.
54 Quarter calendar system: A calendar system in which the academic year consists of three sessions called quarters of about 12 weeks each. The range may be from 10 to 15 weeks. There may be an additional quarter in the summer. Race/ethnicity: Category used to describe groups to which individuals belong, identify with, or belong in the eyes of the community. The categories do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. A person may be counted in only one group.
Race/ethnicity unknown: Category used to classify students or employees whose race/ethnicity is not known and whom institutions are unable to place in one of the specified racial/ethnic categories. Religious affiliation/commitment (as admission factor): Special consideration given in the admission process for affiliation with a certain church or faith/religion, commitment to a religious vocation, or observance of certain religious tenets/lifestyle.
*Religious counseling: One-on-one or group counseling with trained professionals for students who want to explore religious problems or issues.
*Remedial services: Instructional courses designed for students deficient in the general competencies necessary for a regular postsecondary curriculum and educational setting.
Required fees: Fixed sum charged to students for items not covered by tuition and required of such a large proportion of all students that the student who does NOT pay is the exception. Do not include application fees or optional fees such as lab fees or parking fees.
Resident alien or other eligible non-citizen: A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who has been admitted as a legal immigrant for the purpose of obtaining permanent resident alien status (and who holds either an alien registration card [Form I-551 or I-151], a Temporary Resident Card [Form I-688], or an Arrival-Departure Record [Form I- 94] with a notation that conveys legal immigrant status, such as Section 207 Refugee, Section 208 Asylee, Conditional Entrant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian).
Room and board (charges)—on campus: Assume double occupancy in institutional housing and 19 meals per week (or maximum meal plan).
Secondary school record (as admission factor): Information maintained by the secondary school that may include such things as the student’s high school transcript, class rank, GPA, and teacher and counselor recommendations.
Semester calendar system: A calendar system that consists of two semesters during the academic year with about 16 weeks for each semester of instruction. There may be an additional summer session.
Student-designed major: A program of study based on individual interests, designed with the assistance of an adviser.
Study abroad: Any arrangement by which a student completes part of the college program studying in another country. Can be at a campus abroad or through a cooperative agreement with some other U.S. college or an institution of another country.
*Summer session: A summer session is shorter than a regular semester and not considered part of the academic year. It is not the third term of an institution operating on a trimester system or the fourth term of an institution operating on a quarter calendar system. The institution may have 2 or more sessions occurring in the summer months. Some schools, such as vocational and beauty schools, have year-round classes with no separate summer session.
55 Talent/ability (as admission factor): Special consideration given to students with demonstrated talent/abilities in areas of interest to the institution (e.g., sports, the arts, languages, etc.).
Teacher certification program: Program designed to prepare students to meet the requirements for certification as teachers in elementary, middle/junior high, and secondary schools.
Transfer applicant: An individual who has fulfilled the institution’s requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who has previously attended another college or university and earned college-level credit.
Transfer student: A student entering the institution for the first time but known to have previously attended a postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g., undergraduate). The student may transfer with or without credit.
Transportation (costs): Assume two round trips to student’s hometown per year for students in institutional housing or daily travel to and from your institution for commuter students.
Trimester calendar system: An academic year consisting of 3 terms of about 15 weeks each.
Tuition: Amount of money charged to students for instructional services. Tuition may be charged per term, per course, or per credit.
*Tutoring: May range from one-on-one tutoring in specific subjects to tutoring in an area such as math, reading, or writing. Most tutors are college students; at some colleges, they are specially trained and certified.
Unit: a standard of measurement representing hours of academic instruction (e.g., semester credit, quarter credit, contact hour).
Undergraduate: A student enrolled in a four- or five-year bachelor’s degree program, an associate degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the baccalaureate.
*Veteran’s counseling: Helps veterans and their dependents obtain benefits for their selected program and provides certifications to the Veteran’s Administration. May also provide personal counseling on the transition from the military to a civilian life.
*Visually impaired: Any person whose sight loss is not correctable and is sufficiently severe as to adversely affect educational performance.
Volunteer work (as admission factor): Special consideration given to students for activity done on a volunteer basis (e.g., tutoring, hospital care, working with the elderly or disabled) as a service to the community or the public in general.
Wait list: List of students who meet the admission requirements but will only be offered a place in the class if space becomes available.
Weekend college: A program that allows students to take a complete course of study and attend classes only on weekends.
White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
56 *Women’s center: Center with programs, academic activities, and/or services intended to promote an understanding of the evolving roles of women.
Work experience (as admission factor): Special consideration given to students who have been employed prior to application, whether for relevance to major, demonstration of employment-related skills, or as explanation of student’s academic and extracurricular record.
Financial Aid Definitions
External scholarships and grants: Scholarships and grants received from outside (private) sources that students bring with them (e.g., Kiwanis, National Merit scholarships). The institution may process paperwork to receive the dollars, but it has no role in determining the recipient or the dollar amount awarded.
Financial aid applicant: Any applicant who submits any one of the institutionally required financial aid applications/forms, such as the FAFSA.
Indebtedness: Aggregate dollar amount borrowed through any loan program (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.; excluding parent loans) while the student was enrolled at an institution. Student loans co-signed by a parent are assumed to be the responsibility of the student and should be included.
Institutional scholarships and grants: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants for which the institution determines the recipient.
Financial need: As determined by your institution using the federal methodology and/or your institution's own standards.
Need-based aid: College-funded or college-administered award from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify. This includes both institutional and non-institutional student aid (grants, jobs, and loans).
Need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify.
Need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must demonstrate financial need to qualify.
Non-need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants, gifts, or merit-based aid from institutional, state, federal, or other sources (including unrestricted funds or gifts and endowment income) awarded solely on the basis of academic achievement, merit, or any other non-need-based reason. When reporting questions H1 and H2, non-need-based aid that is used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid.
Note: Suggested order of precedence for counting non-need money as need-based: Non-need institutional grants Non-need tuition waivers Non-need athletic awards
57 Non-need federal grants Non-need state grants Non-need outside grants Non-need student loans Non-need parent loans Non-need work
Non-need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, or other sources for which a student need not demonstrate financial need to qualify.
Private student loans: A nonfederal loan made by a lender such as a bank, credit union or private lender used to pay for up to the annual cost of education, less any financial aid received.
Work study and employment: Federal and state work study aid, and any employment packaged by your institution in financial aid awards.
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